Points of Interest – 11/9/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- If you’re into Dinobot, the Predacon-turned-Maximal from Beast Wars, you might be interested in the new pictures that Ben Yee has added of the original toy to his review.
Video Power
- IGN celebrates the impending release of Super Mario Galaxy with a look back at The History of Super Mario Bros.
They need to play more Super Mario Bros. 2 if they think there are no secrets, however. There are some other inaccuracies, but I’m not going to name them all here. Suffice to say, it comes off a knowledgable about Mario’s evolution in gaming, but less so about the Mario games themselves.
- Not to be outdone, Eurogamer has one, too!
- AMN turns back the clock again with part two of Nintendo vs. SEGA: The Console Wars.
Incidently, regarding SEGA’s mascot concepts, they’ve since denied that Cream has anything to do with the rabbit shown at the time.
A dark part of my soul wishes to see how the “Sonic & Madonna” idea would have come to fruition.
- Game Daily has a piece that complements it nicely as they assemble a gallery of Mario vs. Sonic: Battle of the Mascots, pitting similar characters on both sides of the fence against one another to see who comes out on top.
- ScrewAttack.com opens the vault again to peer deep into Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
I think a friend of mine had this on NES at one time…
- GameTrailers has an in-depth interview that explains the differences between each system’s version of WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008.
- Heh… Next Generation has a new feature up…
THE MAKING OF: Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness
Me: “Meh… wait, wasn’t that…?”
An in-depth analysis of a game that went horribly wrong.
Me: …NOW we’re talkin’!
The only thing greater than seeing what people were thinking when making a great game is what the hell went wrong when making a bad one.
- Go Nintendo has an awesome exclusive video looking at Rayman: Raving Rabbids 2.
Well, near-awesome; the host starts talking just a bit too soon and abruptly for my liking. Still, coolness.
- Reggie Fils-Aime’s appearance on FBN (Fox Business News?).
- Still sucks that Project H.A.M.M.E.R. was canned, but at least some last screens have popped up.
- Mario and Sonic decided to show up in person in the UK to promote their Olympic Games title.
- Behold, the World’s Most Expensive Games, compiled into a handy Top 10 format for easy reading.
- What’s better than ten? How about eleven? As in, eleven unreleased NES games.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”